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etude de la qualite des eaux d'un hydrosysteme fluvial ... - LTHE

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Figure 1.2.9 presents the photos of a Bell Jar unitutilized in monitoring the water-sediment fluxes. Inspite of its simplicity, the unit performs as robust an<strong>de</strong>ffective tool in online monitoring of water-sedimentinterface (Chesterikoff et al., 1992). Practically, theBell-Jar unit has two simultaneous functions; (1)blocking certain volume of bottom water (close tosediment) from river water mass and (2) samplingwater and measuring water quality of blocked watervolume.Figure 1.2.9: Bell-Jar unit; 1: Multi probesensor; 2 Open end p<strong>la</strong>stic box; 3:Reinforcement frameThe blocked water volume is always in natural contact with bottom sediment and it makes thefluxes of nutrients, organic material, organisms, and etc in their natural paces through watersediment interface. Since the blocked water is finite in volume, the traces of fluxes can berecor<strong>de</strong>d via the change in water quality (the influence of sediment flux is stronger thanvariation of water quality in aqueous phase itself).In their research in Seine river, Chesterikoff et al. (1992) observed an oxygen exhaustion afteronly 2-4 hours in summer while in un-trapped water mass, DO was observed nearlyconstantly over the same time. The water samples were also collected for <strong>la</strong>b works. A smallvolume of water insi<strong>de</strong> the incubator is extracted via a capil<strong>la</strong>ry tube to the water surface by a50 ml syringe. One end of the capil<strong>la</strong>ry tube is drilled and patched insi<strong>de</strong> the incubator and theother end is connected with the syringe staying in the water surface.No Name Location Date1 Thuy Phuong (N1) 0 km 12/25/02, 08/17/032 Trung Hoa (N2-N3) About 11 km 01/08/03, 05/03, 08/16/033 Cau Den (N3) 15.2 km 05/03, 07/18/03, 08/01/034 Cau To (confluence) 20.2 km 05/035 Khe Tang (NT1) 25 km 05/03, 07/29/03, 07/30/03, 07/31/036 Cau Chiec (NT2) 33 km 01/15/03, 05/03Table 1.2.11: Locations of benthic experiments31

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